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Ornithocheirus buenzeli

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Family
  
Azhdarchidae

Phylum
  
Chordata

Order
  
Pterosaurs

Class
  
Reptilia

Genus
  
†"Ornithocheirus"

Rank
  
Species

Similar
  
Pterosaurs, Cretornis, Aralazhdarcho, Montanazhdarcho, Volgadraco

"Ornithocheirus" buenzeli (often mis-spelled O. bunzeli) is a pterosaur species known from parts of a humerus (upper arm bone) and part of a lower jaw found in late Cretaceous period (Campanian) rocks of the Grünbach Formation, Austria. While it has traditionally been classified in the genus Ornithocheirus, it is more likely an azhdarchid, though due to the fragmentary nature of known fossil remains, it is considered a nomen dubium.

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Ornithocheirus buenzeli Wikipedia